to the South! To the East! To the West! To the North!

I went right on biggering ... selling more Thneeds.

And I biggered my money, which everyone needs.”

Note to educators: Chris Jordan’s dazzling images of stacked throwaway cell phones and crushed cars make the statistics that describe the huge waste streams of our consumer culture visible. Taking the first line of the excerpt above, “I meant no harm. I most truly did not,” have your students be the Once-Ler and finish the apology to the Lorax in Dr. Seuss style.

Interested?

: This photo essay shows recent works of Chris Jordan from his Running the Numbers and Intolerable Beauty series.

: Follow the journey of five media artists, led by photographer Chris Jordan, to Midway to witness the catastrophic effect of our disposable culture on some of the world’s most beautiful and symbolic creatures.